27 Jan
2013
27 Jan
'13
11:04 p.m.
On 27/01/13 4:23 PM, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
Jerome,
You are worth your weight in gold.
And no, I'm not suggesting you be scrapped any time soon!
--Toby
On Sunday,
January 27, 2013 at 11:17:33 A.M. -0600, Tom publix wrote:
As with any brokerage situation, UPS brokers it
for you to expedite
delivery, and they charge you for it!
To avoid brokerage fees you must "self-broker" it, which is perfectly
acceptable with UPS/fedex etc. You need to call the Canadian Customs
and get the paperwork, fill it out, pay the any customs duty (if any)
then take the clearance letter to the UPS warehouse to pick up your
item.
There is another way which is also allowed and totally legal.
FIRST, all shipments into Canada from the US must include a
COMMERCIAL INVOICE which states the country of origin
and the total value of the merchandise - NOT including the
shipping charges. Any shipment without a COMMERCIAL
INVOICE will be returned to the sender.
For computer parts with the US as the country of origin (i.e. where
the part was manufactured), there is NO duty, only GST or HST.
... On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 9:59 AM, mc68010
<mc68010 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 1/27/2013 8:06 AM, Tom publix wrote:
>
>> You can go to UPS and calculate the shipping charges using 110 lbs for
>> the 11/04, 60 lbs for the RX02 and 15 lbs for the TU-58.
>>
> Careful using UPS or FedEx to Canada from the US. The have some hefty
> "Broker Fees" that they charge the recipient. The shiper doesn't see
> them
> either. FedEx is bad but, UPS is a nightmare. Just google "Don't use
> UPS to
> Canada" for many horror stories.
>
Jerome Fine